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WaterAid launches prize draw to win tickets to see Louisa, Celina Sharma and Nadia Rose in female-led fundraising gig

Stuart Mitchell

This week, WaterAid has launched a prize draw to win tickets for the live Bathroom Session gig, which will bring together some exciting acts, including former X-Factor winner Louisa Johnson, rapper and songwriter Nadia Rose, Australian contemporary R&B artist Celina Sharma, and Londoner Cat Burns, whose music spans folk, acoustic, soul, reggae and pop genres. Also performing are South London singer songwriter Jaz Karis and DJs Kennedy Taylor from Foundation FM and Mercedes Benson. Each of the 25 prize winners will get two tickets to see the Bathroom Sessions at…

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WaterAid and award-winning photographer Poulomi Basu launch evocative photo series highlighting the impact a lack of water has on women and girls

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid and award-winning Indian transmedia artist and activist Poulomi Basu have launched a dynamic new dystopian photo series, Sisters of the Moon, to show how a lack of clean water and toilets limits the power and potential of women and girls. The ecofeminist work, commissioned by international charity WaterAid, explores women’s energy and strength and the importance of water and sanitation in helping them fulfil their potential as a force for change. Sisters of the Moon is inspired by the women and girls Poulomi has met through more than a…

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Stars reveal school snaps and memories as part of WaterAid campaign to help keep girls in school around the world

Stuart Mitchell

Nadiya Hussain MBE, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, KT Tunstall, Ellie Simmonds OBE, Sir Tony Robinson, Cerys Matthews and Kimberly Hart-Simpson are among ten stars of the stage and screen, and the sporting and social media worlds who are lending their support to WaterAid’s Thirst for Knowledge appeal. Public donations made by 15 February 2022 will be matched by the UK government, up to £2 million, making double the impact in communities in Nepal. A third of schools globally have no basic water supply or decent toilets, having a detrimental impact on…

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WaterAid launches animation to highlight how a lack of clean water keeps girls out of school

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid has launched a new animation calling out the impact a lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities has on girls’ education in Nepal and around the world.   The animation, titled ‘The girl who turned to water’, depicts girls in a classroom who wash away as water themselves to symbolise how having to walk to collect water keeps them from school. The animation is aimed at highlighting the inequality caused by a lack of access to clean water, while also raising money for the international charity’s Thirst for…

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Rankin Agency and WaterAid team up with artists and celebs to create the Best Seat in the House

Stuart Mitchell

A host of artists, fashion designers and celebrities have created their own unique toilet seats as part of a project with WaterAid and the Rankin Agency to help elevate the status of the humble loo and celebrate them for the lifesavers they are. Harry Hill, Pam Hogg, Val Garland, Ozwald Boateng, Martin Parr, Boy George, Dame Zandra Rhodes, Pure Evil and Hayden Kays are among 25 artists who have given the ‘Best Seat in the House’ a special splash of luxury, highlighting how toilets are a luxury denied to 1.7…

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